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We think it’s a good thing that Tom Hanks has apologized for his statements about how the Mormans were behind some kind of vast “unamerican” conspiracy in support of cali’s prop 8.  To start with, Hanks needs to realize that in the American psyche, he’s largely considered above politics.  He’s very much a Jimmy Stewart or Lucille Ball-like figure, popular with all groups and sub-groups in this country.   Honestly, it’s traumatic for every American when the star of Big delves into current events and singles out a long-maligned American religious minority as “unamerican.”

Because black Californians voted heavily in favor of prop 8, the fabulous La Shawn Barber asks an amazingly brash rhetorical question “Will Tom Hanks Call Blacks Un-American?”  (Note: We currently have La Shawn listed in the “min con” link category; however, if she keeps issuing such uncomfortable questions, we might need to reassign this gal with gall to the “diva con” roll.)

Well, to answer Barber’s question, no.  Unlike gays or blacks, the Mormons are not one of the left’s extra special victimized pet groups, so it’s perfectly okay to criticize Mormons, make trite and predictable jokes about Mormons and polygamy, scoff at Mormon missionaries, mock their religious beliefs, etc.  Mormons are one of the most marginalized groups in America.  But, unlike other marginalized groups, Mormons overwhelmingly vote RethugliKKKan and bravely refuse to claim victim status - which makes them a favorite target of the left.

Libraries have been written about this country’s oppression of blacks and American indians.  In all reason, Mormons should be included on that list.  But that’s not going to happen.  Because, as noted above, the Mormons refuse to play victim and refuse to vote for the left.

And that’s why the dumb gay herd went after the Mormons.  The drama queens needed a vulnerable group to scapegoat after a state overflowing with Democratic pet groups voted heavily for a black president - but shot down gay marriage.

Those three or four decades of freedom were fun, but Europe seems determined to get back to its authoritarian roots.   This from the Low Countries last week:

“A member of parliament in the Netherlands who has been charged with ‘insulting’ Muslims says he fears he will be found guilty and sent to prison in only a few months.”

Oh dear.

If the Dutch are going to criminalize inadvertent “insults,” they should at least consider some sort of exception for insulting Muslims.  Because let’s face it, these folks are rather easily offended.  And even if they’re not actually offended, they will feign offense to see just how much they can get away with.  Back to the MP:

“Wilders, who produced a controversial [TO WHOM???] film that was highly critical of the Koran last year, says he faces a maximum of two years in prison if convicted. He said he had expected to be charged, and he has retained legal assistance from a U.S.-based nonprofit to help him defend himself.

Prosecutors initially declined last year to charge the right wing politician after he issued his short film, ‘Fitna,’ which juxtaposes Koranic verses over footage of violence committed by Islamic terrorists.

But, the Netherlands allows private citizens to petition the courts to compel prosecution. In Wilders’ case, eight parties, including a politician from an opposing party, asked the courts to force prosecutors to bring criminal charges.”

I say Mr. Wilders needs to pack it up and leave immediately. Follow in the footsteps of Euro refugees Oriana Fallaci and Ayaan Hirsi Ali, take up residence in the U.S., and then he can say whatever he pleases about the Muslim takeover of his home country.

Whether he’s thrown in prison or not, if he stays in Holland, Mr. Wilders is going to be the next Theo van Gogh, the Dutchman who in 2004 was decapitated on a public street after releasing a film about the oppression of women in Muslim culture.  And if militant Muslims don’t get him,  the Dutch media establishment will continue to demonize him as a racist fascist until some deranged do-gooder liberal guns him down - as happened a few years back to the utterly fabulous Dutch gaycon Pim Fortuyn.

Also, it’s worth noting that the Muslims and the Dutch establishment are very likely trying to make an example out of Mr. Wilders.  This is a high-profile prosecution meant to scare average Dutchmen into silence.  After all, if a powerful politician like Mr. Wilders is forced to rely on a foreign human rights organization for his legal defense, what chance would your average joe on the street have?

A decade or so ago, the Netherlands was one of the most open and tolerant jurisdictions on the planet (esp for gays).  Today, that open, tolerant, pot-smoking Netherlands persists only in the imagination of American liberals, who fancy themselves hip and worldly because back in college they spent a night or two in a Amsterdam hostel on their way to Paris.  In reality, the Netherlands is rapidly disappearing under the rising tide of Islam, and any Dutchman who stands up for traditional Dutch values is either imprisoned or killed.

You’ve got less than 24 hours.  We are about to go live.  Brace yourself.